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A young man poses for his photo outdoors on a sunny day.Anthony Ferguson started a community organization, Young, Black, and Educated. Photo by Bill Adams.
Young, Black, and Educated
Published: 2013.05.15 | By Betsy Bates | 7:00 AM
Published: 2013.05.15
By Betsy Bates
7:00 AM
Junior Anthony Ferguson initially came to the University of Iowa in the fall of 2011 to play for the Hawkeye football team. However, after one season, he felt a calling to something greater. He left the team and created a community organization, Young, Black, and Educated. Story
 

Hancher to present free Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience concert

Published: 
2013.05.07 | By Erin Donohue | 09:16 AM
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience on Friday, May 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall, next to the Sheraton Hotel. The concert will kick off the 2013 edition of the Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert Series. Story

UI College of Education launches new brand

The Daily Iowan: UI College of Education launches new brand
Published: 
2013.05.06
Examples of the new College of Education brand

Officials say the launch of the University of Iowa College of Education’s new brand honors the past and looks forward to the future. Story from: The Daily Iowan

The Daily Iowan

UI Foundation to promote research through new campaign

The Daily Iowan: UI Foundation to promote research through new campaign
Published: 
2013.05.06

The UI Foundation unveiled the newest fundraising campaign on May 2, “For Iowa. Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa,” with one of the campaign’s three main goals being to ensure a healthier and more sustainable world. Story from: The Daily Iowan

The Daily Iowan

UI experts partner with community to engage future engineers

Muscatine Journal: UI experts partner with community to engage future engineers
Published: 
2013.05.05
Elise Finn, 9, Aricka Ramser, 10, and Olivia Harmon, 10, all of Muscatine, discover what the oobleck feels like, which is liquid made of cornstarch and water

Muscatine area school children enjoyed a wide range of hands-on activities Saturday as part of a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Festival, offered by area businesses and representatives from the UI. Story from: Muscatine Journal

Muscatine Journal

UI encourages Lemme students with bilingual writing experiment

Iowa City Press-Citizen: UI encourages Lemme students with bilingual writing experiment
Published: 
2013.05.05
Martín Rodriguez Chaparro reads with Lemme fourth-grader Emmett Blanton during a session March 6 practicing Spanish and English writing and literature. / Benjamin Roberts / Iowa City Press-Citizen

UI students and faculty have been leading weekly writing workshops at Lemme Elementary School, helping the kids craft stories and visual projects using Spanish and English as part of the bilingual Iowa Youth Writers Project. (Editor's Note: A paid subscription may be required.) Story from: Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Spotlight: Rising Waters, Rapid Changes

UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website: Spotlight: Rising Waters, Rapid Changes
Published: 
2013.05.01
A photo of water moving over sandbags and around trees during the Iowa flooding of 2008 in Iowa City

An exhibition and oral history about the flood of 2008, "Rising Waters, Rapid Changes," is on display now through the month of May in the window of Hands Jewelers, co-sponsored by the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies as part of the first-ever UI graduate seminar in public histor Story from: UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website

UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website

Grad student shares insights on Burmese refugees in Iowa meatpacking town

The San Luis Obispo Tribune: Grad student shares insights on Burmese refugees in Iowa meatpacking town
Published: 
2013.05.06
Ngun Za Bik stands at the front counter of his Grace Chin Store that once housed a pizza restaurant, in Columbus Junction, Iowa, on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. AP Photo by Charlie Neibergall

Cristina Ortiz, a UI doctoral student in anthropology who moved to Columbus Junction, Iowa, for her research, discusses the tensions that have transpired as a result of a large population of Chin Burmese moving to Columbus Junction and competing for jobs with Latinos. Story from: The San Luis Obispo Tribune

The San Luis Obispo Tribune

UI to establish Office of Outreach and Engagement

Published: 
2013.05.06 | By Kris Yows | 10:28 AM

The Office of the Provost at the University of Iowa is establishing an Office of Outreach and Engagement to promote collaboration between UI faculty, staff, and students and community partners across the state. Story

Biology student group to hold plant sale May 9

Published: 
2013.05.06 | By Steve Kehoe | 10:22 AM

The University of Iowa Biological Interests Organization will hold a plant sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the Kautz Plaza located on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway. Story

Emphasizing the 'public' in public health

Published: 
2013.05.06 | By Kirk Murray | 07:00 AM
Still shot from College of Public Health Business Leadership Network meeting in Ottumwa April 30

Given its name, it’s not surprising the University of Iowa College of Public Health is keen on serving the public. One way it’s doing that is through an initiative called the Business Leadership Network. Launched in 2011, the program fosters relationships between the college and business and community leaders across the state, especially in rural Iowa. Video

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